JPH0744119Y2 - Fax machine - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus such as a facsimile machine, and more particularly to an image forming apparatus having a copy function.

[Prior art]

Conventionally, facsimile machines that have an image memory storage function and can make multiple copies at one time with one image read do not distinguish whether the number of copies is one or multiple After storing, do the copy operation,
Alternatively, a complicated operation such as using a plurality of keys is performed to set one sheet or a plurality of sheets, and the copying operation is performed after determining whether or not the image memory is stored. Therefore, when copying one sheet, there is a drawback in that a large amount of time is required due to unnecessary image memory accumulation or complicated key operation. Also, from the viewpoint of wasteful use of electric energy or attachment of an extra key, the conventional device of this type cannot be said to be rational.

Therefore, set the number of copies before the copy operation starts,
If the number of copies is one, the copy operation is performed without storing the image data of the read document in the image memory. If the number of copies is multiple, the image data of the read document is saved in the image memory. There was a thing to store in and to perform a copy operation.

Normally, a ten-key pad for inputting the number of copies in a facsimile machine is often used also as an input means for various operations. Therefore, when the above-described configuration is applied to, for example, a facsimile machine in which the ten-key pad also functions as a telephone number input key, the original is set for copying, the number of copies is input using the ten-key pad, and the start key is pressed. If pressed, the input copy number is recognized as a telephone number and a call is made.

Also, if the numeric keypad is also used as a one-touch key, and if you operate the numeric keypad to set the number of copies and set the number of copies, the telephone number corresponding to the numeric keypad will be called and the transmission operation will start. A problem arises.

[Purpose] The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and when the number of copies is one, the copy operation is performed without storing the image data of the read document in the image memory. If the number of copies is more than one, the image data of the read document is stored in the image memory to perform the copy operation, and, for example, the numeral input means for setting the number of copies is used as the input means for other operations. It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile device that can surely execute a copying operation even when it is also used.

〔Example〕

(I) FIGS. 1 to 12 show an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a faximimill device, FIGS. 2 to 3 are control operation flow charts, and FIG. 5 to 12 are explanatory views of displays on the display. In FIG. 1, 1 is a modem for communication, 2 is an NCU for connecting a line to a telephone side or a modem, 3 is a modem control unit for controlling 1, 2 and 4 is a recording unit for recording a received image on a recording sheet. Reference numeral 5 is a reading unit for reading an original document by a CCD or the like, 6 is sensors for detecting the presence or absence of a recording paper original document, 7 is a sounding body for notifying the operator by sound waves such as mode switching, and 8 is a status of facsimile apparatus A display unit to be displayed to the operator, 9 is a key including numeric keys, 10 is an operation panel including 8 and 9, 11 is a ROM for storing the control program of the facsimile device, and 12 is the image data of the read document. An image memory, 13 is a RAM including 12, and 14 is a central control unit for controlling 1 to 13. In FIG. 2, (A) is the main flow chart until the determination of single copy and multi copy, (B) is the default flow chart in (A), (C) is the timer flow chart, and FIG. The middle (A) is a multi-copy operation flow chart, and the middle (A) is a single copy operation flow chart. In Fig. 4
Reference numeral 15 is an indicator for displaying the status of the Huaximiri device, 16 is a start key, 17 is a set key, 18 is a numeric key and other keys, and 19 is an operation panel containing 15 to 18.

(II) In the above structure, when the operator wants to copy a document when the facsimile is in the standby state and the on-hook state, the document is placed on the document table connected to the reading unit 5 in FIG. At that time, the display on the indicator 15 in FIG. 4 becomes that shown in FIG. Next, when the operator presses the start key 16 in FIG. 4, the display on the display becomes that shown in FIG. 6 at that moment. At the same time, the leading portion of the original is set on the image sensor of the reading unit so that the reading of the original can be started at any time by the automatic document feeder (ADF) attached to the original table. Then, the timer contained in the central control unit 14 in FIG. 1 starts. Here, when the operator desires a single copy, the key is immediately released to enter the single copy mode. If multi-copy is desired, the key continues to be pressed. When a certain time (set time) has elapsed, the display on the display changes to that shown in FIG. 7 and the multi-copy mode is set, and the sounding body notifies the operator of it.

When the start key is released and the single copy mode is set, the facsimile machine performs a single copy operation in which the originals are not stored in the memory and are copied one by one as they are. Here, the display on the display is as shown in FIG. 12, and the number of pages being copied is displayed in addition to the copy mode. When the start key is released, in the multi-copy mode, the facsimile is in the numeric key input mode and the display on the display is as shown in FIG. If, for example, the operator wishes to make 15 copies each, in FIG.
Depress 18 number keys in the order of 1 → 5. At that time, the display on the display is as shown in FIG. Next, when the operator presses the set key 17 in FIG. 4, the facsimile machine shifts to a multi-copy operation of 15 sheets each, and after all the originals set on the platen are stored in the image memory, the multi-copy is executed. . In this case, the display when the document is stored in the image memory is as shown in FIG. 10, and the display during execution of the memory copy after the storage is as shown in FIG. 11, for example. This example shows that the first copy of the first page of the document of 20 sheets is being output.

After completing the single copy and the multi-copy described above, the facsimile is initialized again and returns to the standby state.

(III) FIG. 13 shows a flow chart obtained by partially changing the flow charts of (A) and (C) in FIG. In this case, depending on the start key press time, the mode may be single copy → multiple copy → single copy → multiple copy ...
・ They change periodically.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, when the facsimile device is in the on-hook state, the start key is pressed and the pressing time is detected to discriminate between single copy and multiple copy, and after determining whether image memory is stored or not. By performing the copy operation, it is possible to provide a facsimile device having both a single copy / multi-copy mode function of an electric operation that does not require a special key and a simple operation that does not waste an image memory.

Also, by changing the display on the display when the single copy and multi copy modes are switched by the above-mentioned operation, or by sounding the sounding body for a certain period of time, the operator can firmly recognize the single copy / multi copy mode. It became a thing.

Further, in another embodiment in which the flow chart of the timer count is partially changed, even if the operator desires single copy, for example, the mode of single copy / multi copy is periodically switched depending on the pressing time of the start key. However, if you accidentally switch to multi-copy because you pressed the key too much, the operator can simply continue pressing the key and the mode will return to single copy again. Correction is possible.

Although the facsimile apparatus is described as an example in the present embodiment, it is of course applicable to other image forming apparatuses.

〔effect〕

As described above, according to the present invention, when the pressing time of the start key is shorter than the predetermined time, the single copy mode is displayed on the display means and the image data read by the reading means is stored in the storage means without being stored in the storage means. When the start key is pressed for longer than a predetermined time, the multi-copy mode of the display means is displayed, the number of copies is set by inputting the number input means, and the image data read by the reading means is stored in the storage means. When the number of copies is one, the copy operation is performed without storing the image data of the read document in the image memory, and the number of copies is multiple. Stores the image data of the read document in the image memory and performs a copy operation, and also uses, for example, a number input means for setting the number of copies, for other operations. Reliably even if of shared with the input means can perform the copy operation.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the facsimile machine block of this embodiment.
2 (A), (B), (C), and FIG. 3 (A),
(B) is a control operation flow chart, FIG. 4 is an operation panel view of the facsimile machine, FIGS. 5 to 12 are explanatory views of the display on the display, and FIGS. 13 (A) and (B) are other implementations. An example is flow chart. In the figure, 5 is a reading unit, 7 is a sounding body, 8 is a display, 9 is a key, 10 is an operation panel, 12 is an image memory, 14 is a central control unit, and 15 is a display.

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Motoaki Yoshino 3-30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo Canon Inc. (72) Nobuhiro Watanabe 3-30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo Canon Inc. (72) Inventor Takeshi Toyama 3-30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo Canon Inc. (56) Reference JP-A-56-96319 (JP, A) JP-A-60-162371 (JP, A) JP-A-55-4037 (JP, A) JP-A-59-50661 (JP, A)

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A reading unit for reading an original image, a storage unit for storing image data read by the reading unit, a recording unit for recording the image read by the reading unit on a recording sheet, and the reading unit. A transmission means for transmitting the image read by, a start key which is used for both an instruction to start copying the original image and an instruction to start transmitting the original image, a detection means for detecting the pressing time of the start key, and the original image Display means for displaying a single copy mode for copying a single copy image and a multi copy mode for copying a plurality of the same original images, and a number is input by an operator to set the number of copies in the multi copy mode and send the original images. Number input means that is also used for dial number input at the time, and the pressing time of the start key detected by the detection means at a predetermined time If it is shorter, the single copy mode is displayed on the display means, the image data read by the reading means is recorded by the recording means without being stored in the storage means, and the start key pressing time is longer than a predetermined time. If it is long, the multi-copy mode is displayed on the display means, the number of copies is set by the input of the numeral input means, the image data read by the reading means is stored in the storage means, and the setting is made by the recording means. A facsimile apparatus having a control unit for recording the number of sheets.